eric schweig interview

I think if ANY Indian actor is going to use their profession, acting, as a forum it should be to advocate things like what happens to you MP: We're about 40 minutes east of Asheville. It's going to be released here so just brace yourself. So, it it is somewhat difficult to have to knock his words. It sounds like you've done good things with these kids and you'll probably never know the rewards of that in your lifetime. He's normal. I get to wear my hair in braids, a black bolero hat and chaps, and I get to ride! There's not enough of us. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. So, while you guys were filming this did you have any sense of bonding? ES: No, I haven't actually. Was that difficult to achieve? I wish they wouldn't. These kids are our future and they're gonna end up going to bat for us when we're sitting around at 80 years old on the front porch. So we can .. now we have them. Of Inuit and German descent, Eric Schweig is the star player of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Networks Gemini award-winning series Blackstone, which premieres Wednesday, January 11th. ES: [Laughter] Yeah! And he'd do that with everything. Made for the talented actor and artist that is Eric Schweig. LINKS Right THERE! There was a golf tournament out there. Suddenly, surprisingly, Alice gives a look to her sister and jumps off after him. What's he like on the set?" Right now, with all the school violence and music and art programs being cut all over the US I thought it would be good to interview him. It is the quality of the account that relegates a piece as history, not necessarily the race or nationality of the chronicler. Something that minuscule I wouldn't remember. it pure business, more or less? The way you're describing it doesn't really sound like the scene that was originally Did you enjoy being in the midst of all that awesome scenery and wilderness? COLLECTIBLES || And I love to be around the sets, learning things. But all these kids running around and you know, the east coast and the west coast rappers, blowing each other apart, now THAT'S scary. We found the one-year teacher retention rate at GDL in 2010-2011 was 79%; Green Dot Locke teachers, overall, were more highly educated than their . Available - Free Downloads Only! You've said previously that you've worked with wood since you were "knee-high" and that it was something that came naturally to you. them in the first place. He's pretty likeable. MP: Do you recall any special problems that were presented by the rugged terrain that LOTM was filmed in? Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. I guess it turned out alright. Want To Purchase One Of Eric's Videos? No, we don't have "Red River"! ES: Well, that's hard to say because mostly all I did was run. MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. Then laughter] You know, What was your relationship like with those two actors? Put us into 1992 along with everyone else. ES: Yeah, THE INDIAN. If they were operable it would have been more fun. in Deep Rising. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. We sort of guessed at what they would A GUEST AT THE GREAT MOHICAN GATHERING OF 1999. That was fun. MP: We've read that you have been involved in a children's drama group. MP: So, I get the impression you didn't like Red River much. The ramifications and issues surrounding interracial/cultural adoption are, Copyright ? I just wish this had a bit more exposure down in the States. I didn't have to say that much, just stand around tapping my feet. MP: Yeah, it was a good scene. [Laughing! I said "You know what? ES: Yeah. I believe you have been growing it for eight years? They do them and it comes right from Please do not reproduce it, in any form, without our permission. You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. They put them in. You know the difference between Indian elders and a lot of other elders? E: I got along with everybody! And the colors. the picture that was taken of this mask, the colors were a bit off. He was in good humor throughout. If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. MP: If they remain in a family setting, or beyond that even, where they feel their worth, I guess they'll remain very vibrant? RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and SOUNDTRACK || Indians from all over the country, Canada just everywhere. I see a lot of people who look all over the place for answers, except inside themselves. He was in good humor throughout. I: I believe you are half-German and half-Inuit and you are involved with the Canadian Alliance and the Solidarity for Native People? Return To Part 1 Of ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW, See Eric As Uncas, From The DVD-version: UNCAS & ALICE, A cause dear to his heart, read: Or, at least wonder why he says it! MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. So, anything contemporary, it doesn't matter. get here?" I don't just talk about it, I do it. anti-anybody. Or do you instead allow your own mood, your color preferences .. that sort of thing, to blend with tradition and then the result being a unique I: The dialects in Mohicans what are they? shells, especially the quiet ones the really, really inward teenagers. What sort of career advice do you have for kids interested in acting? There's absolutely no guarantee, but if I'm not doing anything MP: Well, I hate to say "great" that you're not working, but if you're not working it would be great if you could come. He was one of the leaders of the 70-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, an incident which arose out of an AIM dispute with federal and tribal authorities. Col. Dave Webster runs this thing out of Columbus, He's the guy that showed us how to The James Fenimore Cooper book was fiction! But you know, it's expected. I love working with everyone on it. So, the more contemporary films we can do and be allowed to be a part of society and society's subconscious, then the better it will be. It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. Teile diese Show mit deinen Freunden. Did you feel close? I didn't think it would make this much money! ES: Let me think about that. MENUS! MP: Cast as the Indian all the time, but you'd prefer to be offered a role because you're a good actor? ES: Yeah. I'll see you at the movies.". When not doing that, she's writing books on classic Hollywood, including Lew Ayres: Hollywood's. And, you know, it's the That and the part where Alice jumps from the cliff are some of the finest in the film! It would seem that carving is the next step or natural progression of skills you already have. MP: Then this must be a source of satisfaction for you. to work with them? Each mask represented various animals and they contained a lot have been because they had aged so much and the paint had flaked off. it was aged down, but we just took a shot at it and it turned out wicked. rights, or land claims, or any of that, you have to start healing yourself. One of our problems is finding a voice and speaking up, speaking out really loud too, if you want to. MP: That's true. ES: No, not really. Things usually turn out if you do it that way. It was kind of disappointing because it fit right in. Available - Free Downloads Only! I had more fun in that one month than I did in principal photography! MP: A lot of the people who come to our web site are coming because of an interest in you. But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. The copy we were given is very poor, and was somewhat difficult to transcribe. And I said, "If you want to be historically correct in this movie, you must realize that the clans back then would adopt this young white baby and we grew up with him. Anything that had to do with the fort . because it was hot in there and it was stuffy. Just like a long haired actor .. if the only thing anybody wanted him to play is a drug crazed hippie from the 60s, you know, Do you enjoy the stage? I love. ES: Basically, yeah. unless they start writing scripts about contemporary things. Because, since that is their national sport, the Mohawks, and it has been for hundreds of years, they should've focused on that and made a REALLY big deal out of it. I thought it would stink! On the featurette that is included with the THX video, you say something to the effect that director Michael Mann has created a monumental work. MOVIE TITLE: The Last of the Mohicans. We trained with Colonel David Webster [pause] I think that was his last name. It's all hard to fathom it goes against our grain. He doesn't speak any English so it was hard to, it's hard to color a picture if you only have one color crayon. We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. So, that's what I'm going to try to do with these guys this week. I: I saw the movie three times and honed in on the role of Uncas. Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? If they were good sticks .. it was kind of a bummer .. it would've been a better game. If you want to turn things around, maybe children are where you need to do it. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. They promote it. Do you have a message for these people? Filled up with all those bodies in there.. in the fort. Both musical pieces heard during this interview are by Tudjaat, So, after putting it off and saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". at the time I was running around a lot and too busy to He was just all work, then go home. PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW MP: Okay, well.. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus are you still pursuing your acting career? MP: Granted, we've held this film up to extreme scrutiny, but how do you reconcile this meticulous behavior with some of the flaws, like the blue cap and megaphone at Massacre Valley, that made it into the final cut? Glad we did! I: You mentioned earlier about your hair. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. ES: Oh You know, I can't remember. ES: Yeah. All of our content is free. Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. Director: David Winning | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Aleks Paunovic, Ami Dolenz 2. ES: Yeah, it's a drag man, our children usually wind up paying the price for society's sins. But they didn't want to shave his hair, so they gave into us. So, when you carve .. are you trying to recreate an exact image of another mask? different states and different coliseums .. and they're harmless! He is not an enemy, but Hawkeye's half-brother, Uncas (Eric Schweig), likewise armed with a musket. I had no idea. What was originally scripted for that scene was pretty graphic. ES: Yeah, I realize it was about the French and Indian Wars, but if they had focused more on the family ties that are involved with the Indian people that lived in that area, it would have hit home a lot harder. Go To The MOHICAN PRESS BOOK SHOPPE, For More Mohican Musings, Use The MOHICAN MUSINGS INDEX. But any bonding that happened was probably at Many Hawks, this special operations camp. impact, and it's art imitating life and vice versa. ES: Yeah, they couldn't have two different love stories going on at once. ES: There's one. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. MP: Well, a lot of people feel put out! Or maybe it would be a ES: Yeah, it didn't have to be as epic as the battle scene in the valley there, but maybe with half the all the guys but not the inten [breaks off] let's have a hockey game! He's a really funny guy. E: No, I don't think so at all. He doesn't really think that just because an American Indian becomes a director that he will be able to craft a totally objective, and accurate, film? This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. [Laughs] He was just They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it Born in Canada's Northwest Territories and of Inuvialuit lineage, Schweig was adopted into an abusive family as a baby and suffered under their treatment until, at age 16, he ran away to Toronto.. Where's Marion? We won't have a leg to stand on MP: Okay. Interview with Eric: All of this info came from an interview (my interview form) on May 2nd 2000. celebrity. They were troubled kids. You can't put some little guy next to someone like Daniel Day-Lewis. MP: Well, having been here already, would you ever want to revisit western North Carolina, the scene of the crime? Most of the time I was either standing or running. EARLY like boxing in a telephone booth. 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